SAE-AISI 1095 Steel vs. AISI 431 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1095 steel and AISI 431 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1095 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 431 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 270 | |
| 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 11 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 370 | |
| 430 to 610 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 540 | |
| 550 to 840 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 900 | |
| 890 to 1380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 to 590 | |
| 710 to 1040 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 47 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 63 to 84 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 660 to 930 | |
| 1270 to 2770 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 32 | |
| 32 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 26 | |
| 27 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 7.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 29 | |
| 28 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.9 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.8 | |
| 78.2 to 83.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 2.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |